620 DIANTHUS. [CLASS X. order II. 



herbaceous, about half as bag as the smooth finely striated tube of the 

 calyx, its teeth lanceolate, finely ciliated on the margin, or smooth. 

 Petals fire, smooth, obovate, tapering into a narrow claw, the margin 

 unequally toothed, a paler or deeper rose colour, with a purplish circle 

 round the mouth. Stamens on slender Jilaments, as long as the calyx. 

 Anthers oblong. Styles with linear downy stigmas, as long as the 

 stamens. Capsules oblong, single celled, and many seeded. 



Habitat. — Borders of fields, dry banks, and hedges, especially in a 

 sandy or gravelly soil ; in England and Scotland, extending as far 

 north as Ross-shire. /9. glaucus in King's Park, Edinburgh. 



Perennial ; flowering in July and August. 



6. D. cce^sius, Smith. (Fig. 705.) Mountain Pink. Stems coespitose, 

 mostly single flowered ; scales of the calyx four, roundish acuminate, 

 about one-fourth as long as the calyx ; leaves glaucous, linear, obtuse, 

 the margins rough ; petals obovate, unequally jagged, bearded. 



English Botany, t. 62.— English Flora, vol. ii. p. 288. — Hooker, 

 British Flora, vol. i. p. 204. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 44. 



Root woody, with branched fibres. The whole plant of a pale 

 glaucous green. Stems numerous, the barren opes very leafy, and 

 coespitose, procumbent, the flowering stems erect, from four to six 

 inches high, angular, smooth, striated, very rarely bearing more than 

 a solitary terminal flower. Leaves opposite, united, linear lanceolate, 

 with an obtuse point, smooth, except the margin being rough, with 

 minute teeth, the lower leaves wider than those of the flowering stems. 

 Scales of the calyx four, roundish ovate, with a short acuminated point, 

 about four times shorter than the calyx tube. Calyx smooth, finely 

 striated, the teeth erect, lanceolate, obtuse, with a narrow membranous 

 margin. Petals five, obovate, more or less bearded, tapering into a 

 long narrow claw, pink, the margin unequally jagged. Stamens with 

 slender Jilaments, nearly as long as the calyx. Anthers small, ovate. 

 Styles with downy linear stigmas^ longer than the petals. 



Habitat.— On dry limestone rocks ; very rare. At Cheddar, Somer- 

 setshire. 



Perennial ; flowering in June and July. 



The flowers of this species are very large for the size of the plant, 

 and are very fragrant ; and it, like the Maiden Pink, forms a very 

 pretty border flower when grown in thick lufts, and flourishes very 

 well, but especially on rock work, few plants surpassing them in the 

 beauty and delicacy of their flowers ; and well might the poet rank the 

 Maiden Pink amongst his choicest flowers of the grove. 

 " The pride of every grove I chose, 

 The violet sweet and lily fair, 

 The dimpled pink, and blushing rose. 



To deck my charming Chloe's hair." Prior. 



The Pinks of our gardens, of which there are already enumerated 

 some hundreds of varieties, are probably derived from several species, 



